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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siddspain:
May not matter, but when you plug the phone in and you get the drive letters you have to click on the usb on the screen to activate the mass storage. Could it have to do with your screen?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YG007:
The EXACT same thing happened to me. Flashed to JPH, used it for a good 24 hours. One morning, I try to run media player, and it grinds to a halt. Then a force close screen comes up and I click force close, but at this point, the phone is frozen.

So I take the battery out and put it back in. The phone boots, but only to the SGS logo with sound, then it just stays there for a while and goes black.

Tried adb, recovery mode (phone shows up as 2 removable drives but nothing mounted on them either...), download mode (can flash any FW to the device),but when I look further into it, the mmcblk0p1 and mmcblk0p2 partitions (internal memory) doesnt exist anymore, which is required since SGS copies files to the first partition while booting the phone.

So, I'm in the same situation as you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
I wonder if repartitioning via Odin with a pit only flash and repartition checked would remedy that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Well, I was specifically responding to the post where he said he could get into Odin.

If you're unable to get into Download, I'm not sure what you can do - which doesn't mean you're screwed (yet), just that it's beyond my knowledge what to do.

Are you sure that you can't get into download by doing the three-button thing? Someone just started another thread claiming that pulling the SIM and external sdcards out of the phone let him get into download mode with the three buttons even though he previously thought he couldn't. Worth a try if you haven't...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alferret:
Was the repair done under warranty or did it cost you?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
Bricked Bell Vibrant

I was running JPH and RyanZA's lagfix V1. I uninstalled the lagfix and installed V2. The phone rebooted to the home screen then shut off and would freeze at the Samsung screen.

After pulling the battery 3-4 times I booted into recovery and wiped all data but still wouldn't boot past the Samsung screen.

I tried to reflash JPH but the screen went pink in the middle of the flash so then I tried JM1 which installed fine but now when I boot it just shuts off at the Samsung screen and I can't enter recovery but can enter download mode.

Am I screwed?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
Now after relashing JPC it goes to a black screen after the animated logo.

Recovery gives me error Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
I just tried the original JG8 and now it boots only if my 16GB sd card is in but does not see my internal flash. Is there any way to repartition the internal flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albert.lau:
I did wipe data and factory. It work fine now. Thanks for all of you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafiaboy01:
Happening to alot of us with Bell i9000, your phone is toast, you'll have to send it in for repairs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
Was afraid of that. Samsung US told me they are no help as this is not their phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plemen:
Any idea's what is causing this? Is there some pattern or particular firmware / lagfix that is leading to this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faridnuzli:
Sorry for the late reply... Try to press the combo button repeatedly. Mine i have to do for about 6 times. Mine was fully bricked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aseani:
Happened to mine as well. I had I9000XXJPC installed for a couple of days then one day I was watching a couple of videos and after I was done the phone force closed. I pulled out the battery and reinstalled it and the boot came up and d ended with a black screen. I tried to reflash the original with Odin and it froze once the update was being unpacked. There was a error about internal memory not being formatted. Fortunately I was able to return and get a new one:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3rdcoast:
exactly the same for me. My WiFI stopped passing packets and then the device slowed way down so I turned it off and back on to be greeted with the black screen. Same thing happened on the first phone. Luckily my replacement has download mode and I could factory reset and start over.

I can't figure out if these phones simply suck or something else is happening. This time I didn't root it yet it bricked anyway. However the only non standard things I had when it bricked this morning was NoLED and ADW launcher. This time I left both off and will suffer with the Samsung crap until the 2.2 comes in.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woolios:
If you can put your phone in recovery mode and wipe / clear cache and your phone will boot up again. Drag that you lost your apps and setting but at least your phone will work again. I've had this happen twice to me and this had fixed it both times. I will also add that I usually noticed that this error would come up when I was using lag fixes. Although I cannot say that it was a result from using a lag fix just and observation without a real proof. I now run JPC without a lagfix and I've not encountered that same problem again... Hope this helps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woolios:
Put your phone in recovery mode and do a:

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

and your phone should start working again hopefully you had backed up your apps and settings...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
It is happening to lagfixed, non-lagfixed, froyoed, non-froyoed, rooted, non-rooted phones... I have even seen cases where the owner has never flashed another firmware/rom to the device.

It seems to me that Samsung are just putting cheap internal memory in these things.

This does not work for the "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1" error. His internal SD is toast. Mine is at samsung right now waiting on repair for the same issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jentech:
Mine is there also. I'm rockin' a loaner Nokia :o

I think mine went down with uninstalling the OCLF. It was running just fine on JPC until I installed and then uninstalled it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriC_101:
Most of the time its caused by removing the lag fix and something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BA_Flash_GOD:
hah why are people still trying to flash a beta unfinished rom i'll never know.. I mean it's not much different from the stock rom.. I guess some folks weren't there for earlier devices.. sad stuff man
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clubtech:
Absolutely no relation to lagfix . This is happening RANDOMLY to bell phones. I even read posts from people who never flashed anything on their phones and had this issue.

This seems to be isolated to bell model only.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YG007:
Yeah, it happened to me too. All I did was upgrade to JPH.... but that was 12 hours prior to it bricking itself.

What I really did when it died, was click the music player icon, and it did a FC. Then I tried it again, and it hard froze. Reboot, and BAM, can't mount mmcblk0p1. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swatsqad:
allright, so just by flashing the phone with that one click odin crap, the repairs are going to cost me 250$
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riwarren:
I bring word of hope.

My galaxy s i9000 also has corrupt internal memory. Charges via USB, but won't recognize on computer, and force closes at boot logo.

My sgs is also currently being repaired by a local cell phone repair shop who claim to be capable of repairing this exact issue. Costs me 80$, which I pay upon picking my phone up tomorrow morning (monday morning).

I don't know the forum rules about posting links to sites on here, as I am not in any way affiliated with the said company, I would still rather not put myself in that type of predicament, so if anyone is wanting to know more, please feel free to contact me.

I spent 3 weeks without my SGS, cant wait to have it up and running again tomorrow!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aseani:
Does anyone think that I should just return this phone and cut my losses? I had the htc magic and i wiped that thing and flashed it so many times without ever experiencing the crap that is happening to these phones. This many people experiencing similar issues cannot be considered isolated...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehighyam:
Hi everyone.

I have the same issue. I have tried to update the firmware end the phone goes down. I think it is fully bricked.

Is there anyone that can fix this issue.

I will send my phone to samsung service tomorrow.

I hope they can help me.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moos:
[Q] [barely bricked]only download/recovery mode

Hey guys,

Dumbest mistake I ever made in my life. I tried to flash a theme today, and I was waaay too excited to read everything. Turned out to be the theme only supported 2.1 android. So I flashed my Galaxy (Froyo), and after booting up, the screen goes black. I still get the logo at boot, but after that, the screen goes black, and my Galaxy vibrates every now and then. I can get into download and recovery mode, so that's a good thing. However, when I connect my phone to my laptop, I can't setup a connection.. so I can't transfer a rom to my phone. On the other hand, Odin works perfectly when I'm in recovery mode. Is there any way to flash a completely new ROM using Odin? Any help would be appreciated.. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odyssey61:
Yes you can flash a rom using Odin. Shouldnt be too hard to find a thread around here somewhere. When I have done you select the rom as pda and dont tick repartition. Its usually pretty fast.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawat:
This topic should actually be in the Galaxy S I9000 General board.

That being said, if you can access recovery mode, you're fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aery:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=783596

JPH (Froyo)

Download: http://www.multiupload.com/C0PUZUPBX2

Odin3 v1.3 and Pit 803 included!

- Extract

- Open Odin

- Enable Re-Partition Checkbox

- Choose "s1_odin_20100803.pit" as PIT

- Choose "GT-I9000_I9000XXJPH_I9000OXAJPH_CODE-MODEM-CSC.tar.md5" as PDA

- Start Phone in Download-Mode

- Connect Phone via USB

- Flash

- Goto Recovery and do Factory Reset / Data Wipe

- Reboot
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamDowning:
You will use Odin to flash. I suggest you pay special attention to instructions in threads, such as the above. Make sure you do everything chronologically and make sure you have READ and UNDERSTOOD it before attempting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4n1c468:
HELP possible bricked phone

i tried to update the firmware on my phone all seemed to go fine now when i turn the phone on it stays on the start screen and wont go any further. cant seem to get into recovery mode. please help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamDowning:
Try removing all USB cables from your phone and holding Vol Down, Home Button and Power on. In that order. If it doesn't boot with the 'Downloading' screen, it's bricked. Please use the Q&A section in future for this kind of question though :).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4n1c468:
when i do that the galaxy screen just comes on then goes away over and over
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moos:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. I'll keep you guys updated.

EDIT: Thanks everybody, I got it to work!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shwan_3:
you should be pretty much done! as you haven't enabled the download key combo.

Send it back to the shop or Samsung or operator.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
Has nothing to do with the rom. There are some out there with the original rom and it did the same thing to.

Sadly mine happened just as I was installing the updated lagfix but there is no rhyme or reason for why it's happening as we all have had different roms and some with and some without the lagfix.

I am going to call Bell and Samsung Canada tomorrow to see if either will help me, I know Bell's response already since I am not their customer but maybe Samsung will be of some assistance.

I ordered a Magic on eBay last night to at least get me back to a useable phone, the 7 year old Motorola I am rockin right now is killing me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
I'll shed some insight as i was in a similar fix a few days ago.

Im not a bell customer either, so when my vibrant bricked i called bell (technical), guy ignored me n said he can't do anything cuz i dont have a bell #/account. Called samsung they said it has to be sent through ur "current provider". Luckily it hadn't been a month yet since i purchased, so i went to the bell store and guy w/o credential check of any sort took my receipt, checked the phone and gave me a new one. I was shocked, but happy inside.

I don't know how u got ur phone, i got mine through a friend who had a bell line. If u know anyone with a bell line, try making them call bell for you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decepticon:
I'm in the US so that's not an option for me but my backup plan is a member here who is willing to add it to his line and get a replacement for me if/when I am refused by the normal process.

There is a year warranty, we just have to jump through hoops to get that warranty.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Yea tht sounds feasible. Good Luck.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shin0chan:
What the hell, my phone died on me as well sometime this morning. Tried flashing firmwares and still black screen of death. It's been 32 days since I purchased this from the Source without a contract. F* I don't even know what to do now. I guess I can try contacting everyone you did but I doubt I will get any further. :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daneshm90:
Ur best bet would be to find a friend who has a line with bell and ask him to call samsung/bell on ur behalf.

Honestly they treat you like dirt if ur not their customers (on phone anyways :rolleyes:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawat:
After the SAMSUNG logo comes up, you should lift your finger off the power button for a few seconds. Which version of Galaxy S do you have, and which country? Is it a carrier branded one?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shin0chan:
Going to hit up Bell store and the Source tomorrow, see how that goes. Don't think I know of anyone with Bell actually, my coworker just bought one on Friday!

Good idea! thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4n1c468:
its the galaxy s i think it came from singapore
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miragebg:
Is my phone bricked?

I flashed Backlight notification update.zip and my phone couldn't pass the boot animation- it turned of itself and like this every time I wanted to boot. I decided to reflash Voodoo b4 OC/Uv kernel via Odin, but it failed and now when I start my phone it appears this small phone with interrupted connection to PC. My download mode is still alive.

What I have to do to revive my phone?

My config was- JM8+Custom kernel Voodoo b4 and OC/UV 1.2GHz

Please, help me!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miragebg:
Please help me, guys!

What if I start from beginning - flashing pit file, re- partition and after that new firmware?

I am afraid that I didn't remove the voodoo lagfix...would this be a problem when do a complete flash via Odin3?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itaykoren:
In my opinion, if you can still go to Download Mode, just flash JM8 again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
You answered your own question. As you can get into download mode then re flash a stock rom and start over.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miragebg:
But I am afraid that lagfix and custom kernel are still there in my phone..is this a problem?

and I have to start from the beginning with re- partition and PIT file or only PDA, Modem and CSC?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald Nice:
Dont forget to wipe your data after flashing in the recovery menu. This will also remove anything from the voodoo fix.. Otherwise your phone may stuck at the galaxy s sign after flashing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
Re flashing will wipe them out if you use all files PDA, CSC and Modem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miragebg:
So do I have to re- partition and put the PIT file in this case?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donald Nice:
Just flash like Richthofen is providing it in his JM8-Thread...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
I always do this. I think its good practice.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miragebg:
Thank you soo much, guys!!!! Really appreciate your help!! I managed to fix it- thanks again!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1kon:
your welcome
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunny24:
HELP!! Bricked my SGS GT-i9000 when LagFixing

Hey!

I'm in desperate need of help... Last night i rooted my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 with the one-click rooting tool and everything went well.

Then i wanted to create a LagFix1024.sh to make the phone even faster, and after it rebooted my phone --- it wouldn't start up again! :(

Now i can only turn it on -- the start screen saying : "Samsung Galaxy S - i9000" -- Then the animation with the twirling S --- and then it stops and i can't get any further... :(

Please help... And give me some advise!

How to unbrick it?

/Sunny24
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heineken78:
Bricked means - phone is "dead"- no led no sound no screen.

In your case is just Hardreset needed.

Hard Reset Samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S procedure:

1. Turn off the i9000 phone or take out the battery and reinsert it.

2. Hold the Volume Down button

3. Press and release the Power button

4. Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button

5. Press and release the Power button

6. Press Volume Up to confirm i9000 master reset
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunny24:
The problem is that the 3-button reboot/recovery/download mode doesn't work on my handset... Think the provider have disabled that! :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foresure84:
was u able to solve your problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunny24:
No i wasn't! :S :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heineken78:
The only way is to make upgrade/downgrade to your phone.

Can be done via Odin downloader , it does if 3 button mode works for your kind -Now we have to turn on the Galaxy S in “Download Mode” – for this hold Volume Down, Power and Home button simultaneously for a 10 seconds, you will now see this screen.

If it doesnt enter downloading mode, there is Kies.

I have read that Kies connects to phone after startup in bootloader mode without key combination needed.

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150262535205538&id=260085296049

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766589&highlight=jh2

http://mingersoft.com/blog/2010/09/samsung-galaxy-s-reclaim-the-missing-three-button-modes/

Latest Kies version download from samsung.kor http://down.kr.samsungmobile.com/uploadimg/service/support/download/anycall/sw/Samsung%20KiesSetup.exe
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simtec09:
[Q] Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Bricked??

Hi iv had my Phone for nearly a month now, I wasnt happy with the firmware so I decided to upgrade to 2.2 FROYO through the ODIN flasher, I followed this tutorial

In attachments named tutorial 1

Which worked fine, I had Froyo on my phone. My later problem was that i could not root the device o matter what i tryed. I used various update.zip's from differant sites and tryed the one click root application on this site.

Eventually after looking, i found this

In attachments named tutorial 2

So I decieded to download this and flash it with ODIN. My Glaxy is one of the many that cannot be put into recovery/download through the volume, home and power keys, So i did it through adb (Stupid i know) But it worked with the first flash that I did......

So I followed the second tutorial for FROYO and Rooting. Put phone into download mode etc etc....

Now when i go to start the flash it goes fine, but it hangs. Which in the tutorial if you read it says:

Click start. This should take maybe a couple of minutes and will reboot your device. If it should hang during this stage, generally you’re okay to unplug the phone, pull the battery, restart Odin and go back to step 3.

So i unplugged the phone pulled the battery out and restarted ODIN. Now when i restart the phone all i get is this

Image in attachments named hum1eo

I dont know what to do now. The phone will not go into recovery or download mode. Iv tryed all the button variations and through adb again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am now stuck with a very expensive paper weight

I will properly link picture and links as soon as my restrictions for new members has bean removed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
can you go into the download mode?

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Recovery_Mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simtec09:
No i cannot get into recovery or download mode, I am currently as described in the link you gave as 'Bricked Screen' the button combinations do not work for either recovery or download modes... The phone when plugged into charg just shows the 'phone-!-pc' and nothing when plugged into usb
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
ouch!... if that is the case, the only fix is to send it back to samsung or phone carrier to have them fix it

you can always try the trick some people were doing before, which was heating up the phone, to go into the Download Mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simtec09:
I will try the heat trick now and post back any results :)

If not the carphone warehouse will be recieving a nice phone call
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salmanslick:
I had the same screen but was able to get into download mode and flashed it again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simtec09:
OMG I used my girlfriends hair dryer for like a minute or two and it has actually worked :)

I actually love this forum, i willtryand reflash now and post back
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simtec09:
Flashing with ODIN now:

Currently at this stage

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

Last time it hanged here.. Fingers crossed

**I think its the second set of firmware that has killed my phone in the first place as it is doing the same thing again. will now try with a new set of firmware...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
NO FREAKING WAY! are you serious! it did really work? :eek:

I always thought people were just doing it and got in by luck because they happened to hold the keys properly.

oh wow! that's a good to know it's actually true. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i had this problem before, all i can say it's caused by Windows 7 x64 and the USB port acting up on me.

So now i dedicated an old XP PC with known good USB port just for flashing phones to avoid these sort of problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_T_M:
Moving thread over to i9000 specific area.